Food I love

January 5, 2008 at 5:19 pm · Filed under Roba

I, in no way, enjoy making lists. In fact, if I am to make a to-do list, I am very likely to be less likely to accomplish the tasks on it. Similarly, if I am to make a list of things rated according to preference or lack-there-of, the chances of me adding and removing things from this list are extremely high.

Perhaps that just says that I do not like to work with structures, I prefer to work according to my own whims and fancies. Or perhaps it says that I am a messy person, which I am, although I rarely do not get the work done. Or perhaps it means nothing at all.

On the other hand, I enjoy a stable topic in a current of words. I find repetition, confinement, and forceful thinking absurd, and I like to exercise my amusement by equipping such things. Think of it as a daily newspaper, where you have to have that usually boring and utterly meaningless cartoon column every day just so that you manage to catch the good ones every now and then.

So behold… list#1. Food I love, in no particular order.

  1. Mansaf
  2. Smoked salmon
  3. Shushbarak
  4. Sushi
  5. Kharoof ma7shi
  6. French fries
  7. Cheese pies
  8. Kubbeh nayeh

Whats your top 8 foods?




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  • http://mindsonbytes.blogspot.com Isam

    1- Mansaf
    2- Msa55an
    3- Sheeshbarak ( Same as Shushbarak bas ana falla7 :) )
    4- To7al (Lamb Spleen)
    5- Deep Fried Fish (Only the good kind , Sha3oor or Najel)
    6- Magloobet Zahra ( Only the one made in Mama’s Kitchen)
    7- Maftool
    8- Korash o Faware3′

    its obvious they’re all Traditional Levantine Arabic Cuisine … the other cuisines i like a lot of their food … but i wont trade any of them with one of the 8 yum-yums mentioned above … I really like the Southern American (not Latin , Southern) dishes like Steak , Mashed Potatoes and Fried Chicken …

    i had to force my self to stop talking about food ..

  • http://blog.sweetestmemories.com Qwaider قويدر

    Fooood! My favorite topic!

    Hmmmm, there’s hardly anything I hate, other than stuff with too much rice, like Ma2loobeh. Extreme junk (like burgers) and stuff I don’t eat like pork

    Everything else … :) is on my list

  • http://www.ramblinghal.blogspot.com Hal

    1. Ice cream
    2. Fusto2 oo bizer
    3. Ice cream
    4. Risotto
    5. Ice cream
    6. Fasooliyeh
    7. Ice cream
    8. Hummos

    You get the idea?

    Oh, and cherries, I adore cherries.

  • http://oeliwat.jeeran.com ola

    Cookies
    Fruit Muffins
    Smoothies
    Marshmellows
    Anything with strawberries
    Cake with frosting

    Well… I do have a sweet tooth!

  • http://iman-a.com Iman

    -I LOVE Sea food in general (particularly smoked salmon…shrimp…crab legs)
    -Pastas
    -Mlukhyeh
    -Grape Leaves
    -Stuffed Leg of Lamb
    -Turkey
    -Cheese fries and Nachos
    -Indian (Spicy food in general…)

    I Hate anything with cinnamon and cardamom (Eww)

  • http://globalorama.blogspot.com globalorama

    1. Real Mansaf
    2. Kousa, baitinjan, warag
    3. Lazzagiyyat
    4. ga6ee3 with olive oil and shrak
    5. smoked salmon with cream cheese on a toasted onion bagel
    6. spicy tuna sushi
    7.fried calamari
    8. a burrito from La Corneta

  • http://iman-a.com Iman

    globalorama,

    mmmm calamari is so so so yummy…

    sushi ….@ Izumi Sushi, and Hamada of Japan is the best

    What’s “ga6ee3″?

  • http://www.habool.blogspot.com ghaloosh

    1. Corn (in any form, boiled, popcorn,sweet corn)
    2.Ribs.
    3.Mansaf
    4.Zahra be laban or what is called “mtafayyeh” served with rice and sh3ayreyeh.
    5.Mlokheyeh.
    6.Wara2.
    7.Moroccan food. (ahhh, i just love their cusine)
    8.Mushroom burger with swiss cheese.

  • Farah

    whispers’ sinful brownies
    mloo5ieh (number one!)
    again, mansaf!
    i have to say kubbeh nayyeh as well its really good
    tabbooleh
    mashawi
    crabs (like in small pieces)
    wara2 dawali

  • http://hareega.blogspot.com hareega

    my list, in no particular order,
    -Mansaf
    -Mansaf
    _Mansaf
    -Mansaf
    -Mansaf
    -Mansaf
    -Mansaf
    -Mansaf

  • http://blog.haniobaid.com Hani Obaid

    It’s really hard to keep it down to 8, but I’ll just list the first 8 that come to mind.

    - Mtafayeh (kinda like mansaf, but with crispy fried cauliflower instead of shrak bread)

    - Beef Strogonof

    - Smoked Salmon (on french bread with lemon, capers, red onions, and cream cheese)

    - Pad Thai noodles (we finaly have a place in Amman that knows how to make them properly, noodlehouse)

    - Deep Fried Breaded Mushrooms in Spicy Cajun Mayonnaise Dip

    - Lemon Veal Scalopini with Spaghetti Carbonara on the side (hard to get since the sauce is made from bacon)

    - Hot Apple Pie with Peach Ice Cream

    - Black Forest Cake (best one I’ve had in Amman so far was at Chez Hilda’s)

  • http://www.blogger-for-freedom.org/en Simon Columbus

    I’m just back from dinner – and I’m getting hungry again :P

    To give a little counterweight to all this Arab food…

    1) Knöpfle with ragout of veal
    2) Potato Klöße with sauerbraten
    3) Amarena ice
    4) Choclate
    5) Satay with peanut sauce
    6) Naan bread
    7) Galette
    8) Franconian Bratwurst

    It’s hard not to write down dozens of foods. Really hard.
    … to give a little example.

  • http://iman-a.com Iman

    Hani….don’t you just LOOVE Capers….capers with lemon veal is tasty!

  • http://www.arabesquerhabsody.com/blog Ohoud

    Simon you really reminded me of the German Bratwurst, Mit kartoffeln. Himmlisch!

  • http://blog.haniobaid.com Hani Obaid

    Iman, yes I love them, but I’m not quite sure what they are :)

  • Ayyob

    In no particular order…
    1. Mansaf
    2. Fatet Jaj
    3. Malfoof
    4. Good Carniasada Burrito
    5. Lobster, Shrimp, and Scalops
    6. Burgers, every once in a while
    7. Fries
    8. Nawashef…

  • Ayyob

    and i can go own for hours…

  • http://oceanCreep.com/blog/ Ibrahim

    1.mlo’7ye
    2.kabse (my mother way)
    3.ma2lobet zahra (not betnjan)
    4.kobeh blaban
    5. mokhshey
    6.ma7ashy
    7.yalnje
    8.all kinds of pasta

  • http://oceanCreep.com/blog/ Ibrahim

    Oh shit!
    i forgot jajj ma7shey, maftool, msa’7an

  • http://www.omernos.com/blog omar

    umm

    01- Magloobet Beitenjaan Jaj
    02- Fettucine Alfredo
    03- Yalanji (as well as Warag Dawali)
    04- Fried Prawns (Shrimps)
    05- Chicken Fajita
    07- akeed Mansaf
    08- Banoffee Pie (or anything Banananised)

  • http://repeatthesoundingjoy.wordpress.com Grace

    1.spaghetti
    2.brownies
    3.cherries
    4.roti
    5.unagi sushi
    6.mashed potatoes with gravy
    7.hazelnut gelato
    8.latkes

    wow, that list could go on and on.
    now i’m hungry.

  • Jennine

    No particular order :)

    1. French fries/hotchips AND turkish kebabs
    2. Wara 3anab (stuffed vine leaves)
    3. Bastirma/Pastarmi meat
    4. Prawns
    5. Burgers, chicken… any kind will do, as long as there are two buns and something yummy inbetween.
    6. Pasta, I like macaroni bil laban
    7. Chilli chips
    8. Chicken roast with pumpkin and sweet potato

    I love chilli and if water is considered food, then also water!